Chandelier.



W. ADAMS,

CHANDELIER.

- APPLIOATION FILED 0012a, 1912.

1m5a9gg, Patented Feb 15, 1913.

\IESSES 7 Mr. INVENTOR WILLIAM JEKDAMS. 6F S133? FMNCISGZB, QA'LLIFQRNIA.

v CHAHDELZER.

Lil-52,992.

Specification cf letters Patent.

Application filed bctoiier 23, 1912. Serial No. 727,334.

I To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM Armies, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San-Francisco, and. State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chandeliers, of

p which the following-is a specification.

My invention relates to chandeliers.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and effective construction and arrangement of parts which will permit the light source,"together with its associated ray-directing means, to be turned to a reversed position, so that the light rays may,

at the will of the user, be directed upward to the ceiling, to furnish what is termed indirectlighting, or downward into the room for direct lighting.

My invention is especially applicable to that type of chandelier-s having a single lighting source, or a group thereof so closely juxtaposed as to be in effect a unit, and

which may, therefore, be termed a unit typeits rays are directedtilownward being shownin dotted lines. Fig; 2 is an enlarged sectional detail of the limiting and locking means taken at right angles to the view 0t the same in Fig. 1.

' mounted upon, the pivots 5, being securedv thereonby nuts 8 on the threaded ends of 1 is the canopy and 2 is the stem of the chandelier. To the lower end of the stempipe 2 is screwed the lock-button 15, into the sides of which are screwed the hanger arms 3. The lower ends of these arms carry brass fittings 4-, which are formed or provided with inturned horizontally directed bushings forming pivots .5, having their inner ends threaded.

6 is the body or shellof the chandelier formed with a top flange or rim 7 which at opposite points is perforatedand is pivotally' the pivots. .The shell'6 carries at its lower serves the double.

' lighting.

and within said shell by suitable ine'ans,'as, by the spinning 10 at its lower shell socket is fitted the usual end the shell-socket 6 1s the-reflector 9 held for example, edge. In the lamp socket 11, to which is fitted the light" source or lamp 12. 13 is a threaded rod fitted in and project- 211g from the base of the shell socket 6. Upon the lower end of this rod is screwedthepointed knob 14 which in the present case, in addition to serving as a finishing ornament, has alocking function as I shall presently-describe. 1

The lock button 15 before mentioned hanger arms 3, and that of a keeper for the lock. In the base of this button 15 is formed a keeper socket 16 entrance to which is had through a groove 17 leading to it from one side, said groove being shallower than the socket as is plainly shown in Fig. 2.

18 is the electric cord. f

The operation is as follows :In the'position shown in Fig. 1, by the full lines, the light rays from the lamp 12 are directed upward to the ceiling, and give indirect Now to reverse this position, the suspended shell 6, with all the parts it'car ries, is'turned upward upon its ters at 5 through an arc of 180 degrees in a vertical plane, until-it reaches the position Patented Feb. 11, 1913;

purpose of carrying the pivotal cen-.

shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1; and in this position the light rays flow downward into the room and give direct lighting. Now

there should be a limit to this movement of the body and a look at the limit in order to make the chandelier practical and not subject to disarrangement or injury through carelessness or ignorance. Accordingly, the

point of the knob 14' passes through the entrance groove 17 in'the button 15 and finds a stop or limit against the opposing solid wall oft-he keeper socket 16. Then by slightly turning the knob 14 back or out Oh its threaded connection or rod 13, the point of the knob will rise into the socket-to'the full depth. ofsaid socket, asindicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, thereby locking said knob in the socket. the lock, in order to turn the parts tothc first posit-ion, the knob 14 is screwed down or'back again until its point can enter and pass out through the groove 17.

I claim '1. In a chandelier the combination of the To effect the release of.

stem structure; hanger-arms depending stem structure;

therefrom; abody-shell; a pivotal connec tion at opposite sides of the body-shell with therefrom; a body-shell; a pivotal connection at opposite sides the hanger-arm extremities, whereby said body-shell may be turned to reverse it; a source of light with associated ray-directing means carried by the body-shell and adapt therefrom; a body-shell; a. pivotal connection at opposite sides of the. body-shell with the hanger-arm extremities, whereby said body-shell may be turned to reverse it; a source of light with associated ray-directing means carried by the body-shell and adapted to be; reversed with the reversal of said body-shell ;=an d means for stopping .the body-shell at the limit of its reversal and looking it there, consisting of a button at the base of the .stem structure having a groove in' its lower side terminating in a keeper-socket -which is deeper than the groove, and an adjustable pointed knob on the lower side of the body-shell adapted to pass through said groove and to be; project'- ed intos'aid keeper-socket. v

3. In a chandelier the combination of its hanger-arms the hanger-arm extremities whereby "said body-shell may be turned through an arc to reverse it; "a source. of-light with associated ray-'directlng V means carried by the body-shell and adapted to be reversed by the reversal of saidbody-shell; a knob at the of the body-shell with said body may be turned a source of light with associated ray-direct keeper socket depending base of the body-shcll and means at the base of the stem structure with which said knob engages to'limitand lock the movement of said body-shell. I

4. In a chandelier, the combination of the stem structure; hanger arms depending therefrom; fittlngs screwed to the lower extremities of said hanger arms, said tittlngs having pivot bushings; abody-shell having a rim pivotally mounted at opposite sides on the pivot bushings of said fittings whereby ing means, carried by the body-shell and adapted to be reversed with the reversal of thebody-shell.

5. In a chandelier stem having an inner pipe; a lock button screwedto the'lower end of said pipe, said button being formed in its base with a and an entrance groove thereto shallower than" said socket; hanger arms screwed into the sides of thelock-button; fittings on the lower extremities of said hanger-arms, said fittings being formed with pivot bushings; a body shell having a rim pivotally mounted-at opposite sides on the pivot'bushings' of the fittings whereby said body shell may be turned to reverse 1t; a source of light with associated ray-directing means, carried by the body-shell and adapted to be reversed with the reversal of the body-shell; and a pointed locking knob adjustably carried at the base of the bodythe combination of the shell and adapted to pass through the groove fin the lock-button and to b- 'pro ecte d into 80 the keeper-socket of said lock-button.

In testimony whereof I have signed my I name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

. WILLIAM ADAMS.

Witnesses:

WM. F. Boo'rn, D. B. RICHARDS.

to reverse 1t; and 

